Jake Sinclair
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Jacob S. Sinclair | |
| Born | March 7, 1985 (age 39) | |
| Years active | 2003–present | |
| Instrument(s) | guitar, bass, piano, percussion, vocals, programming | |
| Website | https://jakesinclair.com/ | |
Jake Sinclair (born March 7, 1985) is an American musician and producer who has worked with Weezer on multiple occasions.
Overview
Sinclair first worked with Weezer as a recording engineer under his mentor, producer Butch Walker, during the production of Raditude. A self proclaimed fan of the band, he once was in a Weezer cover band called WannaBeezer.[1]
Sinclair produced The White Album as well as the single "I Love the USA" and the Weezer Fan Club-exclusive "The Last Days of Summer". Leading up to The White Album, Sinclair posted on the allthingsweezer.com forums under the name "wannabeezer" and shared tidbits and insight from the new album. Though not credited, Rivers Cuomo later stated, following the release of Pacific Daydream, that Sinclair was "instrumental" in making the song "Mexican Fender" what it was.
In 2019, Sinclair produced Weezer's cover of the song "Lost in the Woods" for the soundtrack to the film Frozen II. Sinclair also produced the piano version of the band's 2020 single, "Hero," as well as the band's 2021, album, OK Human. He has since been referred to by Rivers Cuomo as the "big-picture" co-producer of the band's 2022 project, SZNZ.[2][3]
Sinclair has produced several albums with engineer Suzy Shinn, who would later produce Weezer's 2021 album Van Weezer.
Discography with Weezer
Albums: [4]
- Raditude (2009) - Recording Engineer
- Weezer (2016) - Producer, backing vocals, engineer
- OK Human (2021) - Producer
- Van Weezer (2021) - Assistant engineer on Hero and Blue Dream
- SZNZ: Spring (2022) - Co-Producer with Ethan Gruska and Suzy Shinn
Singles:
- "I Love the USA" (2016) - Producer, engineer
- "The Last Days of Summer"/"Prom Night" (2016) - Producer
- "Mexican Fender" (2017) - Unspecified Role
- "Lost in the Woods" (Weezer Version) (2019) - Producer
- "Hero" (Piano) (2020) - Producer
- "All My Favorite Songs" (feat. AJR) (2021) - Producer
- "All My Favorite Songs" (Live from Hella Mega) (2021) - Producer
See also
References
- ↑ Micallef, Ken. "Secret Service: Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, Producer Butch Walker, and Engineer Jake Sinclair Disclose the Tricks and Techniques of Raditude" EQ Magazine. January 2010.
- ↑ Riverpedia. "SZNS" https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/SZNS
- ↑ Riverpedia archive - 10/31/2021
- ↑ Jake Sinclair production credits. Tidal https://listen.tidal.com/credits/4808056